@Meaningness Dear David, I'm discovering and slowly working through your writings, for which I often lack background or even vocabulary. In the meantime, do you have any practical, actionable advice to help me get it? Should I keep on reading or start somewhere else? Thank you!
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Replying to @trethaller
Hmm… can you say anything more about what might be helpful, or is missing or confusing?
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Replying to @Meaningness
In your writings there are many references to Buddhist concepts I don't know, and their Wikipedia pages are very elaborate but also intimidating when you know nothing about Buddhism
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Replying to @trethaller @Meaningness
What I think would help is practical directions like, which meditation practice would you recommend for beginners? Where to start learning when you come from an epistemology-oriented background, and you might be repelled by the more magical aspects of the literature?
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Replying to @trethaller @Meaningness
Concrete examples for people who are not as comfortable with abstractions, to maybe help us build these abstract concepts bottom-up, if that's even possible? I feel like someone who knows nothing about maths and ends-up lost reading about Ring theory.
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Replying to @trethaller @Meaningness
I know nothing about Buddhism, and I have the intuition there is something to be found there in the realm of "how to live" which I feel isn't found in western answers like Utilitarianism or Consumerism, but it's huge and I basically don't know where to start.
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Yes, it’s vast. Initially, there’s probably no good alternative to reading superficially about several different versions, to get some sense of what could be appealing. Although if something in particular is already strongly inspiring, you might go straight into it deeply.
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